Bracknell Forest Council

The complainant has requested information about cycle underpasses. The council provided some information in response to the request, however it withheld some information on the basis of regulation 12(5)(a) (health and safety) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the council was entitled to rely on regulation 12(5)(a) to refuse the request. However it failed to inform the complainant, within 20 working days, that it was relying on non-disclosure exceptions under the EIR to refuse parts of the request, and therefore the council breached regulations 14(2) and 14(3) of the EIR. The Commissioner does not require any steps.